Wonderful Copenhagen: How to Eat Herring

Our friendly and outgoing guide Henrik Thierlein told us that herring is the Scandinavian sushi. And that the proper way to eat herring was on a piece of buttered whole grain brown bread, with a fork.

We toured this lovely city filled with canals how else? By boat. There are even boat bus stops, and the canals wind their way in and out of the old city. We passed by the house once lived in by Hans Christian Anderson. We had lunch at ‘The Black Diamond,’ an architectural gem in modern black glass and angles that make you seasick.

We passed the famous symbol of Copenhagen: The little Mermaid statue. It was surrounded by Japanese tourists, snapping photos. Our ferry boat guide told us that the head had been sawed off twice. But she looks fine today. Henrik took us through the Tivoli Gardens, another icon of this place, it is so much more than gardens. It is towering amusement rides, swinging chairs a few hundred feet up in the air, it is a gracious towering theater, and it is a paper facade that shows where a new gigantic emporium will be built soon. Today the facade marks the exact shape of things to come.

After a rest in the cozy Hotel Bertrams I am recharged. And ready to join my fellow writers Jenny, Lisa, Heather, our guide from NYC, and my favorite shooter, Paul, at a Danish dinner at Tina Baungaard Jenson’s home.